Hudson Valley Man Charged with Illegally Photographing High School Girls

A Hudson Valley man was charged with illegally photographing high school girls. The man allegedly used a concealed camera to obtain images from underneath females' skirts.

In Westhchester County Court, 27-year-old Franklin Figueroa of Jefferson Valley was charged with three counts of unlawful surveillance, felonies, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, misdemeanors.

According to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, on March 2, 2015 a shuttle bus dropped students from J.F.K. Catholic High School off at the Golden’s Bridge Metro North Train Station. Students left the bus and climbed a stairwell to the train platform in their school uniforms.

Figueroa was allegedly sitting in the same stairwell and used a concealed video camera to record images from underneath female student’s skirts. Figueroa is employed by Laz Parking and is contracted to enforce parking at the train station.

A student observed what was happening, photographed the defendant, and wrote down the license plate number of the vehicle that Figueroa ran towards after being spotted.

Figueroa was soon found and arrested. Officials say several recording devices were seized from the defendant. A search warranted revealed an earlier offense involving a student at the same train station from the spring of 2014.

Figueroa was released on his own recognizance. He is due in court on May 10. He faces a maximum of four years in prison. Currently, Figueroa is still employed by Laz Parking.